[1] After significant population growth in the later half of the 19th century, largely associated with Irish immigration attracted by work at the Liverpool docks,[2] and following the incorporation of Bootle-cum-Linacre as a municipal borough in 1868,[3] civic leaders decided to procure a dedicated town hall: the site they selected was open land north of Baliol Road.

[1] Internally, the principal room was the assembly hall which featured stained glass windows depicting the coats of arms of Lancashire towns.

[10] Memorabilia associated with Captain Frederic John Walker, who gained a reputation for his successful anti-submarine warfare exploits in the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War, includes two paintings, naval ensigns, the General Chase signal flags and the ships's bell from HMS Starling which was given to Bootle Town Hall in October 1964.

[14] In March 2020, the town hall, along with the Atkinson Art Gallery and Library and Waterloo Town Hall, was the venue for A Nightingale's Song, a video production produced by Illuminos as part of Sefton's Borough of Culture celebrations, which involved the projection of a story describing local coastal communities onto prominent buildings.

[15][16][17] Works of art in the town hall include a painting by Marcel Gillis depicting the fabled Angels of Mons which protected the British Army in the First World War[7] and a painting by Edward Halliday depicting the 40th (The King's) Royal Tank Regiment parading before Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in October 1960.